Property
evfunWhen a function F has the evfun property,
the expressions ev(expr, F) and expr, F
(at the interactive prompt)
are equivalent to F(ev(expr)).
If two or more evfun functions F, G, etc., are specified,
the functions are applied in the order that they are specified.
The expression declare(F, evfun)
gives the evfun property to the function F.
The functions which have the evfun property by default are the following:
bfloat,
factor,
fullratsimp,
logcontract,
polarform,
radcan,
ratexpand,
ratsimp,
rectform,
rootscontract,
trigexpand, and
trigreduce.
Examples:
(%i1) x^3 - 1; 3 (%o1) x - 1 (%i2) x^3 - 1, factor; 2 (%o2) (x - 1) (x + x + 1) (%i3) factor (x^3 - 1); 2 (%o3) (x - 1) (x + x + 1) (%i4) cos(4 * x) / sin(x)^4; cos(4 x) (%o4) -------- 4 sin (x) (%i5) cos(4 * x) / sin(x)^4, trigexpand; 4 2 2 4 sin (x) - 6 cos (x) sin (x) + cos (x) (%o5) ------------------------------------- 4 sin (x) (%i6) cos(4 * x) / sin(x)^4, trigexpand, ratexpand; 2 4 6 cos (x) cos (x) (%o6) - --------- + ------- + 1 2 4 sin (x) sin (x) (%i7) ratexpand (trigexpand (cos(4 * x) / sin(x)^4)); 2 4 6 cos (x) cos (x) (%o7) - --------- + ------- + 1 2 4 sin (x) sin (x) (%i8) declare ([F, G], evfun); (%o8) done (%i9) (aa : bb, bb : cc, cc : dd); (%o9) dd (%i10) aa; (%o10) bb (%i11) aa, F; (%o11) F(cc) (%i12) F (aa); (%o12) F(bb) (%i13) F (ev (aa)); (%o13) F(cc) (%i14) aa, F, G; (%o14) G(F(cc)) (%i15) G (F (ev (aa))); (%o15) G(F(cc))